At this time, Fang Xuanling and the others were also very happy.

This time, their respective families also participated.

Therefore, Li Zhi's letter also indirectly told them that they had made a lot of money this time.

Fang Xuanling was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, now that the sea trade has achieved initial success, should we speed up the construction of the road to the Western Regions?" ”

Wei Zheng said: "Now that the trade on the road is busier, and the countries of the Western Regions also need our Tang Dynasty to effectively deter, it is the right time to build a road at this time." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Now that the Western Turks are in full swing, the Tang Dynasty needs to have the conditions to arrive quickly if it wants to control the situation at any time. ”

Wang Qi also spoke: "Now that Haimao has provided enough tax revenue for my Datang, it is the best time to build a road at this time." ”

Gao Shilian and others also spoke one after another, expressing their support for the road construction.

Even Hou Junji, who has always been in opposition to everyone, agreed.

These people talk about it in a high-sounding way, but in the final analysis, it is only because they see benefits.

In the past, although these people's families also ran some businesses, most of them only sold their surplus food, cloth and other things.

But the situation has changed since Li Zhi took the children of their family to go into business together.

They began to really care about business and how the industry they were involved in was making money.

In this way, they naturally slowly discovered that the speed of the flow of goods is directly related to the speed at which they make money.

Therefore, these ministers, who were not very interested in building roads and bridges, are now most concerned about transportation, shipping and other issues.

Li Shimin saw that these people were strongly advocating the construction of roads, so naturally he would not oppose it, so the matter was quickly decided.

After the discussion of this matter, it was followed by the question of the pirates of the Champa kingdom.

Chen Shuda was the first to speak: "The minister thinks that His Majesty should immediately issue an order to plead on the king of Cham and ask him to compensate me for the losses of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Hou Junji opened his mouth and said: "That Cham is capricious, and while paying tribute to my Tang Dynasty from time to time, he often harasses my Luofu Prefecture border.

In the opinion of the minister, it is better to simply take this opportunity to teach a hard lesson. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "It seems that we have caught the other party's handle in this matter, but I think that the king of Cham has already had a way to get out."

If I, Datang, hit the door because of this matter, I am afraid that I will end up in the name of bullying the weak. ”

Chen Shuda said: "Now that my Tang Maritime Trade has just emerged, it is the time to establish mutual trust with neighboring countries and rashly send troops..."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I also have this concern. ”

Wei Zheng said: "The minister thinks that His Royal Highness the King of Jin has a reasonable analysis, Your Majesty might as well apply for a look at the reaction of the King of Champa first."

If he is unwilling to be interested, he will make his criminal evidence public, and after he is isolated by various countries, Datang can calmly arrange the follow-up. ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Then it depends on your opinion, but the pheasant slave mentioned in the letter that he wants to protect the family members of the two of them, I don't know if you have a good plan?" ”

Chen Shuda opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty can implicitly mention it in the holy decree, and then I will send someone to take it back." ”

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment and said, "What if the Cham king refuses to hand over this handle to me for a long time?" ”

Fang Xuanling opened his mouth and said: "If the king of Cham is interested, he will naturally do it honestly.

If you are unwilling to be interested, the two witnesses will naturally become a sharp weapon for my Datang to deal with them. ”

After hearing this, Li Shimin nodded and said: "Then this matter will be decided like this, if you have nothing else to do, you will disperse!" ”

After listening to Li Shimin's words, everyone bowed and prepared to retreat.

However, at this moment, I heard a sudden report from outside: "Your Majesty, Tubo Zampu abandoned Zong Rangzan and sent a marriage proposal." ”

Li Shimin couldn't help frowning after hearing this.

I only heard him speak: "A letter can be presented according to the rules, why do you have to present it to me in such a hurry?" ”

The man spoke: "Your Majesty, the abandonment of the sect is arrogant, and there is a hidden threat to my Datang, and the ministers have come to report when they see that the situation is serious." ”

Li Shimin frowned and nodded at Zhang Ananda.

I saw Zhang Ananda come to the man's side quickly and take the music fold.

Li Shimin took the fold from Zhang Ananda and flipped through it.

A moment later, I saw Li Shimin suddenly angrily throw the letter to the ground.

Without waiting for everyone to ask, they heard Li Shimin snort angrily: "Zongzan Xiao'er is ignorant and arrogant, and he dares to threaten me. ”

Fang Xuanling and the others glanced at each other suspiciously.

Hou Junji was the first to speak: "I don't know what the abandoned sect is talking about? ”

Li Shimin said angrily: "That abandoned the sect and praised me again and proposed to my Tang Dynasty and threatened that the princess would personally bring someone to pick it up if she didn't arrive." ”

After hearing this, Chen Shuda said: "That abandonment of the sect is too unruly.

The last time he sent an envoy, he had already made it clear to him that if Tubo refused to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, there would be no need to mention the matter of harmony.

But he didn't want him to not only refuse to give up, but also dare to let out such wild words. ”

Hou Junji opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty simply let the minister lead the army to teach him a lesson, so that he can know that my Tang Tianwei should not be taken lightly." ”

Li Shimin himself has this intention.

So after listening to Hou Junji's words, he said: "Junji's words are exactly what I want. ”

Wang Jue said at this time: "Your Majesty, now that Tubo has occupied a large territory after years of attack.

Now the border between Tibet and our Tang Dynasty is long, and the dogs and teeth are intertwined, and if they attack each other, it may take a lot of troops. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji also spoke: "Now my Tang Dynasty has spent a lot of money just to maintain the normal operation of the Western Regions Protectorate.

In the event of war, I am afraid that the supply of food and grass will be extremely difficult. ”

Gao Shilian opened his mouth and said: "The last time we captured Tuyuhun, it was the miraculous effect of the dragoons, why not continue to act according to the law this time?" ”

Dai Xuan said: "The last time I captured Tugu Hunsheng, the other party was unprepared.

At this time, since the Tibetan people dared to provoke, they must have gathered large armies on many borders.

The strength of the Dragoons alone was not enough to deal with such a large-scale war. ”

Hou Junji opened his mouth and said: "Since Tubo dares to threaten, I think I have also made up my mind to compete with us.

If Your Majesty refuses to agree to the other party's conditions, you can only prepare for war. ”

Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "That Tubo Zampu wants to threaten me is purely delusional.

I then requisitioned 200,000 troops to rush to the border, but I wanted to see what strength the Tibetan had had. ”

As Li Shimin spoke, the momentum on his body suddenly exploded, and Fang Xuanling and the others were all shocked.

At the same time, it also made several people sigh in their hearts.

The 200,000-strong army is equivalent to more than half of the strength of Chang'an Fortress and the surrounding areas of Gyeonggi Province.

The material and financial resources required to mobilize such a large number of people are very high.

I'm afraid that this new large amount of tax revenue will be spent a lot.